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Cutting Test: Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI, Porsche 911 Turbo

Be the best tedious. Press is too great - the hordes of enemies are attacked from all sides, while leaving the time per hand. So 911 Turbo is overlooking the eye of his eyes with his charisma, attracting the attention of dangerous predators. Merzaya diode headlights and a shell of ten pistons, Audi R8 approached it
Let's start with two news. First. Since its debut in 2007, Audi R8 has developed almost 10 thousand copies around the world. Second. He does not think to stop at what has been achieved, gaining strength before storming new heights. The Germans abandoned shock therapy in favor of the old good surgery: the car is implanted with a 10-cylinder motor, which expected from Audi for a long time. According to the Audi R8 technique, Lamborghini Gallardo is diligent, which causes a sharp question to life: what's the point of meaning? Are the wise strategists of the Volkswagen group played in hip-engineering?
By confess the comfort cult, the Audi R8 with its buildup of a sports car more to the Gran Turismo machines. And in this class there is a generally accepted standard - Porsche 911 Turbo, great and terrible. Terrible for rivals, wonderful for the owner. The ideological aspect brings closer to the R8 V10 and 911 Turbo: they are positioned as the faces of their brands - super-speed machines with easy control, exemplary level of safety and powerful service support for the manufacturer. But constructive differences are obvious: take at least a rear-wheel drive 911 turbo and all-wheel drive transmission R8. Whose truth will take the top? The logic of things dictates the inevitability of cruel duel between these machines.
Wet work
Thursday, 12 hours of the day. The suburbs of the Spanish Malaga pours pouring rain. In such extreme conditions, a presentation of Audi R8 with a 5.2-liter engine for representatives of the International Automotive Press begins. Truth speaking, trying to make the conclusions about the driving qualities of the car stupid: 525 hp Under the right foot cannot be addicted. I said 525? God merciful! Fifteen years ago from this figure would be darkened in the eyes and progress. Curbed such power was akin to the detection and deactivation of anti-personnel mines. At that time, Porsche 911 Turbo was equipped with a 3.6-liter boxer with a return of 360 hp, and not everyone was sacred for his steering wheel. Today, there are other times, and the possibilities of cars expanded phenomenally. In this, I am convinced again when Audi R8, having faded by janitor, rushing along the water stroit of Asphalt Aki. Turning 911 Turbo, hiding from the rain and views of the Audi employees between the supports of the overpass.
As it turns out, the principal difference between the Germans is not only in the actuator type. The V10 engine is filled with advantages, but they are ready to display them with exit to the high revolution zone. Porsche's oppositor, on the contrary, River literally from idle. Neat touch to the accelerator is enough to unmistakably determine which of the cars is in your hands. It is curious that the 10-cylinder AUDI R8 unit is greatly reminded by a basic 8-cylinder 4.2-liter. The externally, two modifications are the easiest to distinguish between the side air intakes: the younger version, they are flattened, from the elders - outperfilled. There are other innovations: 19-inch wheels with y-neck, chromed grille and elliptic exhaust pipes.
It would be incorrect to say that one car is more beautiful than another. This is the case of individual preferences. We can only share our own observations. Of course, Audi rushes into the eyes - there are still a little such car, and they look first. But also Porsche, who is not enough to maintain the image of a bad guy, raising charm, enchanting connoisseurs and ignoramus classic profile. The 10-cylinder Salon R8 can be found in red edging devices, otherwise he thoroughly repeats the less powerful modification. But we are not offended, as we love R8 for the atmosphere of comfort, quality and style - the set that every car category is obliged to possess. In general, Audi seems the limit of dreams, but only until you find in 911 Turbo, where the uncompromising ergonomics and exquisite design reaches. And yet we want to return to R8 again to mark an important detail. None of the Grande Auto industry has failed in his top models so deftly distancing from the taste of mass, as it managed to Audi. For example, the BMW M6 interior is nothing more than a variation on the topic M5, and Mercedes Cl 63 AMG works out the motifs dictated by the S-class. And a completely different story - Audi R8, who does not give reasons to suspect him of relationship with RS6.
Yes, the guys from Ingolstadt succumbed to the sin of vanity. The motor compartment cover is almost entirely made of glass under which the V10 is exhibited with direct fuel injection FSI. Mesh ", of course, but with his highlight. Well, the Porsche engine, customized by a pair of turbines, has to admire hearing, here without options. Figures, alas, emotions not known - 480-strong 911 Turbo Weaker R8 V10 per 45 hp, which promises consequences. Defeat? However, before drawing conclusions, the torque curves should be studied. It immediateses that the Porsche Biturbomotor Rush is 1950 rpm and it reaches 620 nm (in Sport mode - 680 nm at 2100 rpm), while AUDI is capable of 530 nm, and even then only by reaching 6,500 / min! And how, in your head again everything fell across the shelves? Wait a little bit. Let's remember that the 5.2-liter R8 motor is borrowed from Galdo LP 560-4 and the genes he carries the most that there is racing. The high-speed motor saved the lubrication system with a dry crankcase and the adjustable phases of the gas distribution, but the reconfiguration of the power supply system, the intake manifold and the exhaust system led to a decrease in return from 560 to 525 hp.
Robotic gearbox R TRONIC installed on Audi, Lam-Borghini is called E-Gear than, in fact, differences and are exhausted. Of course, the Germans reprogrammed it towards softening work - in particular, the Sport mode in R8 corresponds to the Normal mode from Gallardo. If we talk about 911 turbo, then it is equipped with the most common, even if the Tiptronic S. is brilliant, it is clear, it deprives the driver of a larger share of control over the car than the robot. Although the latter there are complaints - first of all, due to the excessive sharpness of the switching. It must be recognized, R Tonic works more clearly and faster, but Tiptronic s is an order of magnitude more comfortable.
main news
The limit to which the Audi, 8700 rpm engine can spin, and for a cumbersome multi-cylinder unit, this is a real achievement. Rotation frequency of a more compact Porsche opposite for 2000 rpm less. That's explanation why he exhausted much earlier. Motor R8 is less elastic, and its bottoms are poorer. Feels, in such modes, it is hardly preferable to the base 4.2-liter eight. The engine eager to spin, and it has to be generously twist, rushing to the exponential increase in thrust. This behavior is characteristic of all configuration units of the V10 - except that it is installed on the Dodge Viper. I do not think that it fits into the philosophy of the representative sedan like Audi S8, but the sports car is suitable perfect. In the end, these machines are created in order to stink the tachometer arrow in a hot spotted sector, listen to the russia angry motor and feel that happiness is in life. Existence otherwise soon becomes unacceptable. What about Porsche? Does it be withstanding similar passions of passions? After all, he with his 3.6 liters will have to strain attense! The first acceleration in the floor will be in amazement - how did they achieve such a bump, having a capacity of 480 hp? Incredibly!
First, Porsche is always responsible for every horsepower power and knows how to produce it productively. Senseless losses are excluded. Secondly, the patented TGV technology, which makes it possible to change the turbine geometry, ensures the most efficient operation of the motor in the entire range, from idling up to 6000 rpm. So engineers from Weissak create the illusion of the inexhaustibility of the car's energy, endowing it with the ability to tear the acceleration intensity in any modes. At the emotional level, 911 Turbo rolls out passionality with elements of animal rudeness. But for the dynamism he wants to forgive him.
Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to instrumentally check the technical data stated by manufacturers. But a series of parallel starts led us to the conviction that the winner would be unreal to identify the winner without a photofinish. The time of acceleration is up to 100 km / h in both machines Identally - 3.9 s. If you choose 911 turbo with MCP, and not with a machine gun, it will be reduced to 3.7 s, which will somewhat disrupt the balance. The speed of 200 km / h Audi is gaining in 12 with exactly, and the mechanical version of Porsche will be required 12.8 s. The difference is barely catchy. By the way, the 8-cylinder R8 is accelerated to hundreds for 4.6 C, yielding 0.8 from the V10 5.2 FSI modification. The limit speed for Turbo is equal to 310 km / h, for a 10-cylinder R8 - 316 km / h, despite the fact that Ferrari F430 is able to develop 315 km / h. But Ferrari is a topic for a separate conversation.
Audi's body is constructed around the spatial frame from aluminum, which promises a two-fold reduction in the mass compared to the steel structure. As a result, the R8 V10 turned out to be 35 kg heavier than 911 turbo. How so? The following facts contribute clarity. An additional pair of cylinders led to an increase in the mass of R8 by 60 kg: an increase in 31 kg gave a power unit, another 29 kg - auxiliary equipment. Despite this, the mass distribution along the axes remains the same: 44% on the front and 56% for the stern. What does turbo? The adherence to the backup arrangement does not pass for the gift - 39:61 in favor of leading wheels. In this way, Porsche traditionally solves the problem of loading the drive axis, which is fundamentally important for maximum implementation of the engine potential during acceleration. Audi has its own fetish - a four-wheel drive Quattro. In the case of R8, we are talking about the use of the same scheme as Galdo. Here the torque is transmitted to the front axle through the Viscuft, and the self-locking differential is applied behind. A similar differential is also offered for 911 Turbo, but only in the option with MCP. This is a visual example of the diversification of the model range.
In standard conditions, the wheel of the rear axis AUDI receives 90% of the engine thrust, which causes a decrease in the difference in the rap of R8 from TT. And even more so by Porsche. All-wheel drive R8 behaves more stable and on public roads, and on the track. In similar situations 911 Turbo requires a special delicacy driver - a short wheelbase and a motor in the rear breath is only waiting for errors in piloting to translate translational movement into the rotational. AUDI safety on a good half is guaranteed by linearity and predictability of reactions. But if you pick up the key to Porsche, find a common language with him, it will expand the horizons of controllability and coating clutch, surpassing any expectations. Braking is impressive at least overclocking, but it is only an initial level. To both cars are attached lists of options in which carboxyral ceramic brake discs are mentioned. Their advantages include more accurate and fast responses to the displacement of the pedal, which means the ability to precisely dispense the braking force. In addition, such disks are durable, although their vitality directly depends on the driving manner. Frequent trips to the racing route will exclude their chances to reach up to 300 thousand km, which is designed for ceramics. This also applies to Audi, and to Porsche.
We believe, do you want to hear the verdict: 911 turbo or R8 V10? Well, listen. Even having got at your disposal engine from Lamborghini, Audi R8 could not shake the position of 911 Turbo, which was as it was and remained an icon of the GT class. But R8 is not just sitting in his niche, it is actively progressing. His rapid evolution does not allow to talk about the dynamic qualities of 911 Turbo as something exclusive. And this, perhaps, today will be the news number one.
 
Specifications
   
Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI
 
Porsche 911 Turbo.

Dimensions, mm.
4435x1930x1252.
 
4450x1852x1300.

Base, mm.
2650
 
2350

Curb weight, kg
1620
 
1585
engine's type

gasoline V10.
 
gasoline B6 with turbocharged

Working volume, cube. cm
5204
 
3600

Max. Power, hp / rpm
525/8000
 
480/6000

Max. Moment, nm / rpm
530/6500
 
620/1950-5000

Transmission
mechanical 6-speed
 
robotic 6-speed

Drive unit
full
 
rear

Max. Speed, km / h
316
 
310

Acceleration time 0100 km / h, with
3,9
 
3,9

Fuel consumption (medium), l / 100 km
13,7
 
there is no data
 
 
Laurent Chevalé
Photo of Laurena Villarone
Mondadori Magazines France, Sport AUTO


 

A source: Magazine "Autopanoram"